Greenwich Walk

Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you
Greenwich (pronounced "Gren-itch")

Why does Greenwich sound/look familiar? It's the time zone place! The Prime Meridian goes smack dab through the city and look who got a feet picture on it?

Oh, that's us.

The Royal Old Naval College Chapel:

The Royal Old Naval College Painted Hall (these pictures do not do it justice. It is so beautiful)

In the center of the picture is the Queen's House (another Inigo Jones. I think he put everybody else out of work when he was in business)

Here is a closer view of it. The Queen''s house was built for a Queen (Henrietta Maria) but barely used by royalty. It has the coolest history. First it was an asylum (or an orphanage) and then it became a school for boys who wanted to join the Navy. It is now a Maritime Museum. And it's beautiful. The tulip staircase was gorgeous. Legend has it that when the building housed royalty a maid threw herself from the tulip staircase "for love" and her ghost haunts it to this very day... or at least that's what they told the new comers at the Naval Academy.

General Wolfe statue

Me attempting to "be in two places at once" ... except this woman apparently wanted to be in a picture with me? Or she just wanted a picture by the statue and didn't care who was in it. She was weird. Obviously you can tell I wasn't flustered by finding her inches from me at all.

This is a sundial at the Royal Observatory. The shadow of the tails show what minute it is.

And that's Greenwich for you folks!